Nouns denoting natural phenomena
- dent
- an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- reflection
- the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
- vapor pressure
- the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form)
- repulsive force
- the force by which bodies repel one another
- propagation
- the movement of a wave through a medium
- cyclone
- a violent rotating windstorm
- ion beam
- a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed
- autofluorescence
- self-induced fluorescence
- monsoon
- a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
- position effect
- (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
- facula
- a bright spot on a planet
- waterspout
- a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist
- sex linkage
- an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
- influence
- the effect of one thing (or person) on another
- separation energy
- the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect
- particle beam
- a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules)
- infrared spectrum
- the spectrum of infrared radiation
- interreflection
- reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces
- downfall
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- physical phenomenon
- a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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